Advertising apparatus.



-J. W. HAAG. ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION mum no. so, 1910.

1,004, 1 63, Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application med December 30, 1910. Serial No. 600,055.

To all whom it mag consent: I Be it known that I, JAooB W. HAAG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Larned, in the county of Pawnee and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Advertising Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a paratus for advertising purposes, its object being to projo vide a lantern or stereopticon for projecting slides when released fromthe controlling means.

A further object is to provide time con trolled means for automatically stopping the apparatus.

It is old in the art of advertising to utilize a'lantern or stereopticon for the purpose ofprojecting ictures and advertising matter upon a su1ta ly arranged screen, but it has usually been necessary to employ the services of an operator for the purpose of changing the slides and attendm to the operation of the various parts of t e mechanism. The principal object of the present invention is to provide mechanism which, af-

ter once being set, will operate automatically to successively project the 'ctures or advertisements onto a screen, an which will,when

a redetermined time has arrived, automatica ly extinguish the light and stop the operation of the speed controlling motor.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and plaimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of 'what is claimed without .de arting from the spirit of the invention.

11 the accompanying drawin s the /preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings -Figure 1 is aiview spool so as to cause it to rotate on partly in side elevation and partly in section, of the complete apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan view of' the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a view showing, diagrammatically, the relative arrangement o the light, motor, andswitch- Patented Sept. 26, 1911'; w

operating mechanism. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on line A-B Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on line CDFig. 1. Fig. 6 is a view showing, dia rammatlcally, the successive positions of t e speed controlling rods during the stopping and release of a slide. I

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a su porting frame or table on which is mounte the casing 2 of the lantern or stereopticon, there being an electric lamp 3 arranged within the casin in front of a reflector 4. The reflector an lamp are located directly back of'the lens tube 5 and a guide-way 6 is interposed between the tube and the front end of the casing 2, in the usual manner. Arms 7 exarms-is a third or back spool 12 also pref erably similar to the spool 8. This spool 12, however, has centra side extensions 13 each of which is formed with a central 0 ening 14 for the reception of a bearing b ock- 15. Said block is sli'dably mounted on the adjacent arm 11 and is adapted to be held against movement relative thereto, by means 0 a set screw 16 or the like. It will be a parent that, by loosening the screws, t e locks' 15 can be shifted longitudinally of the arms 11 for the purpose hereinafter set forth and then, by tightening the screws 16, the said blocks can be held against further movement.

The up er spool 8'is mounted to rotate on a shaft 1? and a spring 18 is coiled about the shaft and secured at one' end to thee 001,

while its other end is attached to said 5 aft.

This spring may be -wound in any manner desire an it will be apparent .that it op; crates to exert a continuous pull u on t heft tend upwardly and downwardly from the w standing. guide '24: having an opening is sitely extending crank arms revoluble with the gear, these arms being indicated at 29.

- a worm gear 32 which, in turn, receives motion from a worm 33 revoluble with a shaft time, the stem 43 will rotate as soon as the taut by adjusting blocks 15, theslides or :slides, will be held against movement.

. soon 2lS"tll(lCll0Lllli closed, the motor 39 is, i set in motion and the lamp 3 is illuminated.

.in the direction indicated by the arrow in connected frames 19, is mounted on the pieces, 20 designed to be engaged by the cor ner portions of slides or transparencies.

, 2 Mounted-on the supporting structure 1 to the drive shaft 38 of a motor 89.

An endless chain made up of pivotally spools 8, 10 and 12 and has angular corner The pivot racks 22 connecting the frames a re'extended beyond one side of the chain to form a stop projection 23.

adjacent one side of the tube 5, is an uptherein within which the two controlling rods 26 and 27 are mounted to slide and rock, these rods extending to opposite-sides of a gear 28 and being attached to oppo- The crank arms 29 and the rods 26 and 27 are of such. length that, during the rotation ofl the crankv arms, the rods 26 and 2'? will be successively projected into, and withdrawn from the path of the project-ions 23. The gear 28 receives motion from a worm 30 mounted on a shaft 31, this shaft haying 84-. This shaft is-driven, throu h a pulley 35 and a belt 36, from a pulley 3 connected Asshown diagrammatically'in Fig. 3, the lamp 3 and. the motor 39 are arranged in the same electric circuit, there being a switch 40 within said circuit. This switch is pivotally mounted, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and the handle 41 thereof is connected, as by means of a cord 42 or the like, to the stem l8 of the alarm mechanism of an alarm clock 44. It will be apparent, therefore, that when the alarm is set for a certain alarm mechanism is released, and will Wind the connection 42 thereon, thuslifting the switch 40 and breaking the circuit to the motor and to the lamp.

When it is desired to usethe apparatus, the chain made up of frames 19 is drawntransparencies are arranged in desired order j, within the various frames 19 and the spring 18 is wound by means of any suitable 1'l'180l1- anism (not shown). As one of the rods 26 and 27 is always in the path of the projections 23, it will be seen that when said spring18 is Wound, the chain carrying the The clock ie. is set so as to cause the alarm mechanism to operate at a predetermined time and the switch 40 is then shifted so as to close the circuit. Connection 4-2 is then at tachcd to the switch and to the stem. As

Motion is: transmitted from the motor through the worm gearing to the crank arms 29, these arms rotating at any predeter-- mined speed. In Fig. l the stop projection 23 on one of the frames is shown in contact .with the rod 27 and this position of the parts is also shown in Fig. t and'in diagram a in Fig. 6. As the crank arms rotate in the directionindicated by the arrows in El a and 6, the rod 26 is projected over t e projection 23 bearing on rod 27 ,while said rod 27 is gradually withdrawn from under the projection. Furtherrotation of the.

crank arms will result in the release of projection 23 from rod 2'? and the spring 18 will therefore promptly shift the endless chain longitudinally, thus bringing the pr jection 23 of the next succeeding frame into position upon the rod 26 in the paththereolt,

and as shown by diagram h in Fig.- 6. Fursteps of this operation have been illustrated by diagrams c and (Z in Fig. 6. Finally, as the rod 26 is withdrawn from under the projection 23, the spring 18 again shifts the chain longitudinally and brings the projection 23 of the next succeeding frame 19 into position upon the rod 27. The foregoing operation is then repeated. After the operation has been continued until the time lected, the alarm mechanism in the clock 44 is released and the stem 43 winds connection 42 thereon, thus shifting the switch 40 and breaking the circuit to the lamp and motor. The light will therefore be immediately or tinguished and the motor will stop.

It will be apparent that, by utilizing mechanism such as has been described, the

display of pictures and advertising matter may continue uninterruptedly throughout a predetermined period of time without requiring the attendance of an operator and,

' upon the completion of the time of operation, the mechanism will be automatically stopped.

c What is claimed is 1, The combination with projecting apparatus including-a lamp and a lens tube, of

an endless series of pivotally connected slide holders, means for automatically shifting said series to bring the holders successively into position between the lamp and tube, a stop -iro cction upon each holder, and sepa rate, normally crossed power driven means for successively intercepting the projections to stop the holders for a predetermined period while in position between the lamp and thetube.

2. The combination with projecting apparatus including a lamp and a lens tube, of an endless chain made up of pivotally connected slide holders, said chain being extended between the tube and lamp, meens for shifting the chain automatically in the direction of its length, a. stop projection upon each holder, and separate, normally crossed power driven elements slidably and tiltably mounted for successively engaging the successive stop projections to cause an intermittent. movement of the chain.

3. Apparatus of the class described including a lamp and a lens tube, ll-series of slide holders movable between the lump and tube, a stop projection upon each holder, and means for successively stopping and releasing the projection during the movement of the series in one direction, said means including a guide, op positely extending cranks mounted for simultaneousrotation, and a rod connected to each crank and tilt/ably and slidably mounted within the guide, said rods being adapted to successively project into the path of the projections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing us my own, I have hereto uflixcd my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB W. HAAG. Witnesses:

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